First, the legal professional application requirements
Choosing a law major has higher requirements for applicants. IELTS is generally around 7, and some schools require 6.5. At the same time, there are also high requirements for foreign students' scores in their own countries, such as China students with 85 points or above.
Second, the most popular law school.
It enjoys a high reputation in the law schools of famous universities such as Australian National University. The bias of law majors in each university is different. The University of Melbourne is good at theory, while the University of Sydney is good at offering a wide range of courses. Queensland and Bond University offer popular JD courses, while the University of Western Australia offers unique courses on water resources, minerals and forest law in combination with its own geographical advantages. Students can choose their own courses according to their professional background and future career direction.
Take the University of Sydney as an example. Most of the courses offered are aimed at students pursuing master's degrees. There are 14 master's degrees for students to choose from, covering traditional administrative law, commercial law, environmental law, health protection law and other fields that are increasingly concerned by the world. In addition, as the oldest school in Australia, the University of Sydney Law School has a good reputation in Australia and has become the focus of students' attention.
LLM offered by the University of Western Australia includes two directions: MiningLaw and Women, both of which are forward-looking law courses, which fully shows the universality of offering law majors in Australian universities. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that Australia also provides JD courses for international students who already have undergraduate degrees. JD is a globally recognized law undergraduate, and its authority and teaching quality are self-evident. Two years at Bond University can complete the courses that ordinary universities can complete in three years, which is beneficial to international students in time and economy.
Three. Tuition fees for law majors.
Looking at the tuition fees for choosing a law major, except for JD, which totals 66,000 Australian dollars, the one-year master's degree is generally between1.8 and 20,000 Australian dollars.
Therefore, from the aspects of curriculum, academic system, tuition and teaching quality, Australian law major has great attraction to international students.
Four, employment needs half a year's training in law school.
Many students are interested in employment in Australia after studying law in Australia, especially how to become local professional lawyers in Australia. In Australia, because the federal and state governments have constitutional legislative power, the lawyer system in each state is different, but similar. Generally speaking, becoming a professional lawyer in one state is also recognized by other States. For example, there are two prerequisites for becoming an Australian lawyer, one is academic qualifications, and the other is training in law school.
First: academic requirements. You must graduate from Australia and get a bachelor's degree or a doctor of law degree. Such universities must be recognized by the Employment Bureau of Legal Practitioners (LPAB). Generally, undergraduate students have LPAB exams.
Second: law school training. The whole course lasted nearly 6 months and mainly consisted of three parts. After graduation, a postgraduate diploma in law will be awarded. The first part is 15 week full-time course or 30 week part-time course, which can be distance education or law school course; The second part is work experience, which means working full-time in a law firm for 75 working days, or working part-time for at least two days a week, totaling 75 working days. If it is intermittent work, it is required to work full-time for 2 weeks at a time or part-time for 5 weeks; The third part is continuing vocational education, which requires to complete the summary of work-related legal experience within 20 weeks after the end of the work experience part, and participate in 10 hours of online lectures. You become a "legal practitioner" after completing your training in law school.
Of course, there is still a certain gap between becoming a "legal practitioner" and what we call a lawyer. Only by applying to the bar association for a practicing certificate can you become a junior lawyer, that is, a lawyer who can only appear in lower courts. A barrister, a barrister, must be a member of the Bar Association. From junior lawyers to barristers, everyone should participate in the unified BarEx am. You can only register with the Bar Association if you pass the exam.
Become a lawyer who can appear in the high court. Generally speaking, the road to becoming an Australian lawyer is long and arduous, with high language requirements. The university of Sydney requires 7.5 points for admission and a schooling period of more than 5 years. Becoming an Australian judge is even more difficult. The average age of Australian judges is 50 years old, and most of them have rich lawyer experience.